and my long-time friend john yarmouth. i learned early in my life what is expected from those of us who serve in public office. our government must pay special attention to those who are in the dawn of their lives, our children. medicare and many other programs must be protected. we are also judged by how well we take care of those who are in the sunset, the dust, if you please, of their lives. we do that through medicine and many other programs to make sure that they live out their golden years with dignity and respect. our government has a responsibility to take care of all the rest of those who fall in between to a very progressive program that our whip has just mentioned. over 2 million more americans voted for than those who did not. however, there are pockets, segments in our population who sent us a message on election day. and i want to say to them, message received. and we will reply to the all. and with that, i am pleased to yield to the new vice chair of the house democrats, linda sanchez. [ applause ]. >> it's

john johnson of yarmouth broke in to two cars, one parked at a nearby convenience store. officers catch the 42-year-old. he is charged with larceny hand breaking and entering. >> vanessa: a rhode island ballet company is working around the clock to replace costumes that were stolen from their holiday production, the nut cracker. blair miller joins us now and blair, those costumes are fancy and they are worth thousands of dollars. >> the reporter: the costumes have been storied in the same warehouse in rhode island for more than ten years and festival ballet rhode island is scrambling to come up the show. a christmas tradition losing a bit of its sparkle. >> open the wooden crates, we start realizing that all the costumes are not there. >> the reporter: 52 pieces to be exact, from $600 handmade tutus to a $2,000 nut cracker mask, but festival ballet providence artistic director george says it's hard to estimate the total loss, when you consider the intricate detail involved. decorating them, putting the stones, the value of the stone, the value of, you know, the time of th